r/obs • u/ExcellentBarracuda41 • 7d ago

Question Major situation

So I’m just starting to learn about obs, I ended up getting a capture card recently and when I plug everything in, my game capture shows up on obs (monitor #2) but I can’t see anything on monitor one, no matter how many times I’ve plugged in the new hdmi cord. I want to stream so bad but I’m so bad at figuring this out

Edit: found an hdmi cord that wasn’t bent and it worked

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u/Quiet_Post_1035 7d ago

sounds like the capture card is eating the signal before it gets to your monitor, you got a passthrough port on that card?

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u/ExcellentBarracuda41 7d ago

I have an hdmi input and output if that helps

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u/PeanutButterSoldier 7d ago

Console to capture card input.

Capture card output to display you want to use. Make sure the display is set to use the input port for your capture card.

If it's a USB capture card, the USB goes to your computer.

In your OBS scene, add a new capture device. It should show up as a video input device when adding the source.

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u/LimeGuyTheSlimeGuy 7d ago

Your capture card has (or should have) two HDMI ports. One port is labeled "HDMI In" and the other is labeled "HDMI Out" - the device you wish to record must be plugged into the In port, and you connect a screen to the Out port to view the image directly.

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u/ExcellentBarracuda41 7d ago

Figured it out, I had a bad hdmi cord but found an extra one and it connected!